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[DeepL Translation - needs review] A short story by Osamu Dazai, a novelist of the early Showa period who represented the "Muyori-ha" or "New Caricature School" of doomed writers. It first appeared in "Shin Shicho" [1947]. One night, "I," who has a secret workroom in the room of a young bank clerk, Kiku-chan, falls into a drunken stupor and falls sound asleep in Kiku-chan's room. The film briefly describes "I"'s desire, which seems to be a man's instinct, and his conversation with Kiku-chan,...
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catsays
November 8, 2021
Quite short, very poetically written story about a man struggling with restraint. I struggled a bit with the grammar at times despite my recent binging of Aozora stories (and the resulting old style of language), but overall I enjoyed this and found it charming.
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